RE: Does Old=Bad?

["John Taylor" <john.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Booth,

I strongly agree with you about this.

It's too bad that many AS/400 vendors have taken the quick/cheap path into
GUI by wrapping a screen scraper around their existing application.  From a
usability standpoint, the result is usually much worse than what it was
intended to replace.

A well designed GUI will offer a productive environment for the experienced
user, and provide Wizards/Smartguides for those that are new to the
application and require a degree of "hand-holding". However, designing a
good GUI is a difficult task. I think it's especially difficult for those
that have been doing green-screen for a long time. Much more difficult, in
my opinion, than making the move to OO programming.


Regards,

John Taylor
Canada

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of booth@martinvt.com
> Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2000 7:56 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Does Old=Bad?
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>
> Get better designed software then.  This indicates to me that the GUI
> software is badly engineered.
>
> Dropdown boxes, listboxes, subfiles and menubars save steps, keep
> navigation simple, and reduce user training times dramatically.  I hear
> you about the mouse and soreness; that in itself is a compelling
> argument.
>  But an adequately designed GUI will be faster and easier to use in every
> regard than even the best designed green screen.
>
> _______________________
> Booth Martin
> Booth@MartinVT.com
> http://www.MartinVT.com
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> RBoucher400@aol.com
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> 08/26/2000 02:14 PM
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>         Subject:        Re: Does Old=Bad?
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> I hate using a mouse.  It makes my arm sore (been sore for about
> one month
>
> now) and it takes my hands off the keyboard, thereby slowing me down
> tremendously.  If everyone would just learn to type they would see that
> mouses are nothing but a bother.
>
> That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.
>
>
> In a message dated 8/25/2000 5:03:02 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> pike4@ix.netcom.com writes:
>
> << I would say Old = Bad, in a shop that does not promote any
> Training and
>
> implementation of new technologies that the AS/400 is capable of
> supporting.
> Or a shop that does not address fundamental problems in the
> infrastructure,
> and does not allocate the funds to promote a solution. I am speaking form
> a
> practical perspective, as usual. By infrastrucure I refer to having to
> scroll
> with the page up arrow whern you could make you of the
> pull-down/mouse for
>
> example. >>
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